Reading Isaiah’s Mind – Chapter 40 – verses 1 – 5

Posted by Nancy on March 16, 2016

Comfort for Jehovah’s people

peace consolation and comfort to the soul

The Hebrew verb for “comfort”: is nacham pronounced – naw-kham. It means: “to proceed boldly” ; “to become calm” and “to be content”. Other related meanings include to raise someone to life or to resuscitate someone. These are situations where one person comforts another but when one is consoling one’s self the word takes on the meaning of repentance. For example we find “to become remorseful” ; to feel sorry for or sympathy for one’s self or another. Comfort often involves a change of feeling within(the emotional realm) Usually it includes : (1) a change of feelings on the part of one who repents or comforts, accompanied by(2) “de-facto-fulitity” ,i.e. regret over what has been done and cannot be altered (3) consolation for someone whom one cannot change the outcome of a painful situation. The purpose(intention; objective) of providing “comfort ” to someone involves changing someone else’s attitude with regard to an unfortunate situation.

2. Speak this(these words) unto the heart(soul; feelings; will; intellect; center) ofJerusalem (headquarters of the Jehovah cult and religion; Jehovah’s teachings of peace and salvation) and proclaim(read aloud; announce; publish; enunciate; ordain; herald) unto Jerusalem’s people , that their hard-service(debt; obligation; hazardous-assignment ; mission; duty; commission; calling; sacred-service) as caretakers (watchers; guardians; ministers) is fulfilled(paid in full; satisfied; come to an end; finalized; accomplished) and that this generation of Israel’s people has paid “double”(comparable to ; commensurate with ; again as much as) the penalty for their sins, ordained by Jehovah.

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3. A voice is “crying”(announcing; proclaiming)in the desert(among a people left-behind; among a neglected people ; among an abandoned people; among a forsaken people ) andturning everyone’s attention to the “way”(method; manner; technique; formula; policy; formula; direction; path) of the Lord(Jehovah). Make(build; create; assemble) it straight(undeviating; honest; straightforward; frank; candid) with a promise (pledge; surety; guarantee) to glimpse (see; comprehend; apprehend; recognize; perceive;acknowledge) Salt Lake’s secret highway (“royal-road”; “Mormon Way”; the public-way; the Mormon course-of-life; The Melchizedek priesthood ladder of success; the Melchizedek priesthood steps to success) leading to Mormon Godhood.

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Their secret combinations(plots; snares and conspiracies) will be broken

4. Every valley( every Israelite who is depressed; every Israelite who is melancholy; every Israelite who is dejected; every Israelite who is downhearted; every Israelite who is low-in-spirits) will be lifted-up (ennobled; placed on a pedestal; exalted; dignified; promoted) and every mountain(person exalted by Salt Lake; Mormon leader in high levels of priesthood power and authority) and hill (elevated person; LDS person of eminence; LDS person of rank; LDS person of prestige; distinguished LDS person; famed LDS person; outstanding LDS person ) will fall (collapse; stumble; fail; fall-short; disappoint; break-down; fall apart; be humiliated; be broken and disgraced) and will be supplanted (displaced; removed; superseded; crowded-out ) for the sake of justice (fair-play; fairness; equity) then their leagues(secret-combinations; conspiracies; snares; plots) forced to be broken-up(disbanded; broken into pieces; dissolved; scattered; inactivated; put in mothballs; disorganized).

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5. And the glory(honor; dignity; success; victory) of this generation of the Lord’s people(Israel’s people; rank and file Mormon people) who up ’til now have been led into exile(put to shame by Salt Lake; humiliated by Salt Lake) will be revealed( brought to light) and all flesh will see(recognize; acknowledge; admit) Salt Lake’s atrocity of spiritual genocide and Israel’s triumphant glory together(all at once; in unison; at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; collectively; conjointly), for the mouth (prophet; spokesperson) of the Lord(Jehovah) has spoken (prophesied; uttered; said) it.